Feb. 16

UNC men's basketball plays home games against Virginia at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, and against Louisville at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22. Expect delays going to and coming from UNC Hospitals and the School of Medicine.

Help us reimagine how health care can be designed, delivered and experienced for the digital age. Join us for an immersive series sponsored by the AARP and supported by some of the region’s leading health-care organizations. Whether you are a clinician, administrator, developer, designer – or if you simply have a great idea -- we are inviting participants from across the Triangle region and beyond to design, develop, test and validate digital health solutions that deliver a positive impact to the people and communities we serve.

Several approved Code Narrator changes were inadvertently made active in Epic@UNC on Tuesday, Feb. 14. These changes were scheduled to be released on March 8, but leadership decided to keep the changes active since the changes are cosmetic (and there are no documentation changes). This tip sheet shows screenshots of the old/new Code Narrator layouts - please share with your staff. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The image hyperlinks using the NIL Viewer in Epic@UNC will be unavailable for approximately one hour starting at 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, and again on Monday, Feb. 27. The image links will work normally once the downtime is complete. PACS systems will be available for image viewing during the downtime.

Inpatient staff using the Epic@UNC census log will notice that the 'Admissions Waiting for Beds' census log now displays incoming External Transfers on a separate tab to help more accurately reflect incoming patient flow.

Celebrate cultural diversity by participating in the 2017 Multicultural Fair! We want you to set up an exhibit or consider entertaining. The fair will be held on Friday, April 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the UNC Hospitals lobbies.

As part of a disaster recovery test, two planned Epic@UNC downtimes are scheduled: Epic@UNC will be down for approximately 90 minutes beginning at 1 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17 AND for approximately 90 minutes beginning at 4 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 19.

There is a planned Point-of-Care (POC) interface downtime scheduled from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at High Point Regional Health, UNC Medical Center, and UNC REX Healthcare. POC devices will remain operational and results will queue up then post in Epic@UNC once the POC downtime is complete.

The next time you're in a patient’s chart in Epic@UNC, hit 'Ctrl+Spacebar' on your keyboard (or use the search box in the top right corner) to try out the 'Chart Search' in Epic@UNC. Through Chart Search, you can enter keywords (e.g. - hypertension) and then sort the search results quickly into different categories (problems, notes, meds, labs, etc.).

During the evenings of Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 – 25, and Friday and Saturday, March 3 – 4, Plant Engineering will replace the light fixtures in the lobby of the Women’s Hospital. If necessary, this work may extend to the evenings of Friday and Saturday, March 10 – 11.